Friday, December 30, 2011
Cream Calendar Weekend Round-Up: 2012 Style
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 7:45 AM
First of all, it's clearly been a bit slow 'round these parts this week, and while we won't be around on Monday — nurse that two-day hangover, son! — we'll be back in full force Jan. 3, ready to just Cream all over you in the New Year. Now, there's obviously plenty to do on this, the final weekend of 2011, and I highly recommend utilizing the New Year's Eve flowchart put together by former Cream Captain Steve Haruch in your navigation of Saturday night's shows (also available as a more legible PDF). But there's also plenty going on tonight, from the official Bassnectar pre-party at Mercy and Cannery to Moon Taxi's first night at Exit/In, Seth Timbs at The Basement and more. Have a look at the rest — compiled remotely by New Age shaman and music listings editor Adam "Quetzalcoatl" Gold — after the jump. Let us know what we missed, and have yourselves a fun and safe New Year's weekend.
Friday:
* Official Bassnectar New Year's Eve Pre-Party feat. DJs Daedelus, Eprom, Wick-It, Playlow, Machines Are People Too, Salva, Kidsmeal & more at Mercy Lounge/Cannery Ballroom
* Moon Taxi New Year's Pre-Party feat. Heypenny & Uncle Skeleton at Exit/In
* The Dean Martinis at The 5 Spot
* Reed's Rainbow w/Molly John and Friends, The Early Evening & Jordan Hull at The End
* Seth Timbs at The Basement
* The Smoking Flowers at Family Wash
* Sayonara 2011 NYE Pre-Party feat. ArkiteQt, Umbra Fusion Bellydance, Beat Repeat, Quiet Entertainer, Ziggurat & Saejma at 12th & Porter
* Headbanger's Ball feat. Saturn Rising, Scent of Remains, S.O.B., Downslave & War Within at The Rutledge
* Third Annual Skeeter Davis Bash feat. Donna Frost and the Bunnies & Billy Hancock at Douglas Corner
* Opry at the Ryman feat. Restless Heart, Jimmy Wayne, Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out, Mandy Barnett, Craig Morgan & more at The Ryman
* David Peterson and 1946 at Station Inn
Saturday:
* Bassnectar at Bridgestone Arena
* Afterlife for Bassheads: Bassnectar After-Party at The Muse
* Jason and the Scorchers at The Rutledge
* Natural Child, Diarrhea Planet, Cy Barkley and the Way Outsiders, Slick, Useless Eaters & Slammers, with DJ sets from Hate Life at the Zombie Shop
* PUJOL w/Mom and Dad, Ranch Ghost, Majestico & King Arthur at The End
* Electric Western's Roaring 2012 Swingin' 1920s New Year's Celebration feat. Chubby and the Dots & more at The 5 Spot
* Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals Starvation League & Rayland Baxter at The Basement
* Unify NYE 2012 at Avenue 9
* Sons of Zevon: Retrospective at Family Wash
* Moon Taxi New Year's Bash feat. Apache Relay at Exit/In
* Let's Make a Toast hosted by Black Rob feat. DJs Crisis, Dolewite & Scooby at Limelight
* Mike Bub's New Year's Eve Bash at Station Inn
* Bash on Broadway feat. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Toy, Eden's Edge & The Farm at First & Broadway
* Guilty Pleasures at Cannery Ballroom
* My So-Called Band's '90s New Year's Eve Spectacular at Mercy Lounge
* Here Come the Mummies at War Memorial Auditorium
* The Official Bassnectar After-Party feat. NiT GriT, This Is Art, Chancellor Warhol, Coach and Hands Off Sam, Sam and Tre, Myrryrs, Deacon, Kevin Perryman, Hype Taylor, Spoone & Revenant at 12th & Porter
* The Paul Thorn Band w/Etta Britt at Third & Lindsley
* New Year's Covers Night feat. As Hell Retreats: Linkin Park Tribute, Captain and Jack: Coheed and Cambria Tribute, Details Details: Postal Service Tribute, The Summers: Sum 41 Tribute & more at Rocketown
* McKenzie's Mill w/Brian Davis & Jami Grooms at The Wildhorse
* Opry at the Ryman feat. Dailey & Vincent, Jimmy Wayne, Mandy Barnett, Jett Williams & more at The Ryman
* Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree feat. Jett Williams at Texas Troubadour Theatre
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